These days Jamie Barton’s glorious voice rings out from the world’s great opera stages. But while she crosses the globe for her career, she is still close with her family and community in the Northwest Georgia valley where she grew up.
Read MoreFrom the thunderous piano works of Chopin to the gargantuan symphonies of Mahler, classical music has no shortage of exhilarating moments that shake to the core. Classic(al) Rock is a playlist of works that, says Barton, “make you feel music from your roots up.”
Read MoreMezzo-soprano Jamie Barton chooses her perfect half hour of music for Pride Month including Ethel Smyth's Serenade conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, Handel's Ombra mai fu sung by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Bernstein's Serenade performed by Philippe Quint and Marin Alsop. Nicky Spence sings Ned Rorem's For Poulenc and we hear Poulenc's Gloria. There is is also music from Harold Arlen, Chopin and Saint-Saens.
Read MoreJamie Barton has been performing at Lyric Opera of Chicago, which she describes as a “home house,” for more than a decade, since her second season as a professional opera singer. It’s a stage that has seen her artistry and career grow profoundly. As she returns to Lyric and takes on Amneris for the second time, WFMT checked in with Jamie Barton on growing as an artist and the richness of Verdi.
Read MoreBarton, who is bisexual, called Aida "a tragic love story about two star-crossed lovers whose countries are currently at war, set to some of the greatest music ever composed."
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